Frame for eyeglasses and spectacles.



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FRAME FOR EYEGLASSES AND SPEGTAGLES.

APPLIOATION FILED we. 1a, 1911.

1,062,777. Patented May 2?, 1913.

IN VE N TOR WITNESSES N %M4;F BY awa UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVA'N FOX, 0]? MEDIA, PENNSYLVANIA FRAME FOR EYEGLASSES AND srEo'r-AoLEs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented May 2'7, 1913.

Application filed August 16, 1911. Serial No. 644,377.

prevent the loosening and pivotal movement of the rims of the eyeglasses with respectto other parts of the frame structure, such, for

- instance, as the bridge.

Convenient forms of embodiment of my invention a 3 illustrated in the accompanying drawings to which reference may 'be made in connection with the description thereof,-which follows, fort-he purpose of more readily and clearly understanding the same. I

In the diawings,.-Figure 1 is a frontview of a pair of eye glasses having rims of shell or other similar non-metallic material; Fig. 2 -is an enlarged front view ofpart of a lens and the rim showing the rimdisconnectc'd or non-continuous and the manner of connecting the same together, the connecting means also securing the adjacent or abutting ends of the said rims to one end of the bridge which connects the lenses and rims together; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on i the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of one end portion of a lens and run of a pair of eye glasses, the said rim consisting of shell or other similar non-metallic material and showing the temple piece connected thereto; and Fig. 5 is an end view of a pair of spectacles provided with my in 'vention and showing the temple piece in foldedpositionparallel or substantially so to the plane of the lenses of the spectacles.

Having reference to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings, 1 designates the lenses of apair of eye glasses provided with rims 2 of shell or other similar non-metallic material. The.

rims do not extend continuously and integrally entirely aroundthe lenses but are or perforations 6 extending therethrough through which screws are extended for the purpose of securing the said ends together to clamp and hold the lenses within the rims and also for the purpose of connecting the opposite ends of the bridge 8 to the saidrims.

The upper side of each of the projections 4 and thelowcr side of each of the projections 5 are convexzas shown at 10 and the opposite ends of the bridge are also concavo convex in transverse-section the convex surfaces '10 upon the upper sides of theprojections' 4 nesting in the concaved seats at the opposite ends of the said bridge. The screw threaded ends of the screws 7 en age nuts 11 situated upon the under side of theproj ections or lugs 5; The said nuts are curved as shown in-Fig. 3 of the drawings and the concaved curved surface thereof fits snugly.

about the curved surface 10'ofthe said projections 5. The screws 7 .clamp the parts 4,

5,11 and the:opposite ends of the bridge firmly together and by reason of the fact that the opposite ends of the said bridge are curved and fit over the curved surfaces 10 upon the projections 4 pivotal movement of the latter and of the rims of which they form parts about the said screws 7 as pivots is prevented. a

The noserests 12 may be of any suitable known construction and are secured to the rims of the frame at points below the projections 4 and '5.

In Figs. 4 and 5 Ihave shown a construction .in which the 'principle of my invention is applied to spectacles having frames in which the rims are constructed of shell or other non-metallic material having similar characteristics and qualities. In the said figures, 15 designates a portion of a rim and 16 a portion of a lens held within the said rim. As in the previously described construction the rim is notcontinuous but is interrupted at points at the outer edges of the lenses as is illustrated'in Fig. 5 of the drawing. The adjacent abutting ends of 21 has screw threaded engagement with the said screw. which operates to clamp the parts 17, 18, 21, and 22 fir1nly together and thereby secure the lens .within the rim 15. Ears or projections 25 project rearwardly from the nuts 21 and 22 and support a pivot 26. The ends of the temple pieces which are of shell or other suitable non-metallic material are provided with plates-27 each having a pro ection 28 thereon which is pivotedupon a pivot 26. By reason of the fact that the nuts 21 and 22 are curved as indicated and fit the curved surfaces of the projections 17 and 18 said nuts are held against turning or pivotal movement by the single screw 19.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A pair of eye glasses including rims forholding the lenses, the integrality of the said rims being interrupted at certain points and the said rims being provided with projections at such points the surface of the upper side of the uppermost projection and the surface of the lower side of the lower-' most projection being convexed, means having concaved surfaces for engaging the said convexed surfaces, means for securing the said first-named means to the said projections and for securing the said projections together, and parts of the frame structure of the eye glasses connected to the said ,securingmeans.

In eyeglasses, rims of non-metallic material, the integrality of which is interrupted at certain points and the said rims bein provided with projections at such points and the opposite sides of said projections being curved, a bridge having transversely curved ends, which fit the said curved sides upon the stiid projections, and means for securing the ends of said bridge and the said proectlons together.

saidprojections being, curvilinear, with a bridge for connecting the rims and lenses together, the opposite end portions of the said bridge being -curvilinear in transverse section whereby conda vedseats are formed which it upon the convex. surfaces of the upper sides of the said projections; and means for securing and clamping the ends of said bridge to said projections."

4. In eyeglasses, the combination of the lenses and the rims surrounding and holding the said lenses, thecontinuity of which rims is interrupted and'the said rims being provided with projections-uponopposite sides of the abutting ends at=the point, of interruption and the outer edges or sides of said projections being convex in outline, with a bridge having its opposite ends concavo-convex -1ntransverse section and-the concaved sides of the said ends resting upon the upper convexed sides or edges of the said pro ections, nuts ,concavo-convex in transverse section having their concaved-sides or surfaces seated against the convex surface of the lower edges or sides of the said projections, and means for clamping and connecting the opposite ends of the said bridge, the said projections, and the said nuts to ether.

In testimony that I claim the; oregoingas my invention, I have hereunto signed my name this 15th day of August, A. D. 1911,

IVAN FOX.

In the presence of GEO. H; WEIDNER, CARRIE E. KLEINFE DER. 

